4:24 PM,
Jan. 3, 2014

Phoebe was a willing taste-tester for Jocelyn Geraci's Doggie Discs, which she sold to raise money to buy Christmas gifts for foster children.

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When Jocelyn Geraci baked dog treats, she also cooked up a plan to help other kids have a great Christmas.

Around the same time the industrious 12-year-old decided to make some nutritious pumpkin and peanut butter treats for her dog, Phoebe, Jocelyn heard that an agency that helps foster children needed donations for Christmas gifts.

"They said that any help would be greatly appreciated. I thought, maybe if we sell the dog treats, the money could go to charity to help those kids," said Jocelyn, a sixth-grader at Turkey Foot Middle School. ...